Bobby Pierce Sweeps Gateway Dirt Nationals Prelim Night 1; Takes Late Model Feature

Information By: GATEWAY DIRT NATIONALS – ST. LOUIS, MO – Bobby Pierce completed the Gateway Dirt Nationals Late Model Preliminary Night 1 sweep.

Pierce was fastest in time trials, won his heat race and then won the COMP Cams Late Model feature.

Ryan Unzicker was second with Tanner English in third, Ricky Thornton Jr fourth and Shannon Babb completing the top five.

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 24-Ryan Unzicker[2]; 3. 96V-Tanner English[4]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]; 5. 18-Shannon Babb[3]; 6. 4-Chris Simpson[6]; 7. B5-Brandon Sheppard[10]; 8. 25-Jason Feger[12]; 9. USA1-Kylan Garner[16]; 10. 45-Kyle Hammer[11]; 11. 91-Rusty Schlenk[13]; 12. 4S-Ryan Montgomery[15]; 13. 4W-Ryan Wilson[17]; 14. 24C-Tanner Collins[8]; 15. 18C-Chris Carpenter[18]; 16. 9J-Jayme Zidar[7]; 17. 0K-Freddie Carpenter[14]; 18. (DNF) 11G-Gordy Gundaker[9]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 91-Rusty Schlenk[1]; 2. 4S-Ryan Montgomery[2]; 3. 4W-Ryan Wilson[3]; 4. 4G-Bob Gardner[6]; 5. 71K-Jim Rogers[5]; 6. 7Z-Chad Zobrist[9]; 7. 0D-Dewayne Kiefer[10]; 8. 45B-Scott Bell[8]; 9. 75A-Daniel Adam[11]; 10. 05B-Josh Boller[7]; 11. 187-David McCoy[12]; 12. 45S-Colt Smith[13]; 13. 57-Blake Higginbotham[15]; 14. 11C-Rachel Carpenter[14]; 15. J12-Jason Wagner[4]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 0K-Freddie Carpenter[1]; 2. USA1-Kylan Garner[2]; 3. 18C-Chris Carpenter[4]; 4. 18L-Jeffrey Ledford[5]; 5. 10-Jacob Magee[6]; 6. 28JS-Jeffrey Shackelford[8]; 7. 28M-Jake Miller[3]; 8. 51-Steve Fairbanks[7]; 9. 260-Erik Thorne[13]; 10. 711-Morgan Alexander[10]; 11. 15F-Chris Fetter[14]; 12. 27D-Joe Denby[9]; 13. 1B-Josh Baker[12]; 14. 4D-Doug Tye[11]; 15. (DNS) 96-Matt Koch

Castrol Oil Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 9J-Jayme Zidar[2]; 3. 91-Rusty Schlenk[3]; 4. J12-Jason Wagner[5]; 5. 05B-Josh Boller[4]; 6. 0D-Dewayne Kiefer[6]; 7. 45S-Colt Smith[7]; 8. 14W-Quentin White[8]; 9. 20W-Justin White[10]; 10. 16-Brandon Tibaldi[11]; 11. 11E-Adam Elliott[9]

OReilly Auto Parts Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Ryan Unzicker[1]; 2. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[3]; 3. 4S-Ryan Montgomery[4]; 4. 71K-Jim Rogers[2]; 5. 45B-Scott Bell[5]; 6. 75A-Daniel Adam[7]; 7. 11C-Rachel Carpenter[10]; 8. 28-Jeff Neubert[9]; 9. 2K-Patrick Kelley[8]; 10. 14JR-Michael King Jr[11]; 11. 5X-Brian Wolfmeier[6]

Arizona Sport Shirts Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Chris Simpson[1]; 2. 45-Kyle Hammer[4]; 3. 4W-Ryan Wilson[2]; 4. 4G-Bob Gardner[3]; 5. 7Z-Chad Zobrist[5]; 6. 187-David McCoy[6]; 7. 57-Blake Higginbotham[7]; 8. E11-Matthew Tribble[8]; 9. 21K-Jacob Kolwyck[10]; 10. B17-Timothy Welch II[11]; 11. (DNS) T22-Tegan Evans

Comp Cams Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 24C-Tanner Collins[2]; 3. 0K-Freddie Carpenter[3]; 4. 18C-Chris Carpenter[5]; 5. 51-Steve Fairbanks[6]; 6. 711-Morgan Alexander[9]; 7. 260-Erik Thorne[7]; 8. B89-Dakota Smith[10]; 9. 51S-WL Stile[11]; 10. 34-Kyle Wiser[8]; 11. 2B-Jordan Barbee[4]

Summit Racing Equipment Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 96V-Tanner English[1]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 3. USA1-Kylan Garner[3]; 4. 18L-Jeffrey Ledford[5]; 5. 28JS-Jeffrey Shackelford[8]; 6. 4D-Doug Tye[6]; 7. 15F-Chris Fetter[10]; 8. 34W-James Walters[4]; 9. 32P-Preston Farmer[9]; 10. 18B-Chase Burda[7]; 11. 13-Brayton Laster[11]

Weld Racing Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Shannon Babb[2]; 2. 25-Jason Feger[1]; 3. 28M-Jake Miller[4]; 4. 10-Jacob Magee[3]; 5. 27D-Joe Denby[5]; 6. 1B-Josh Baker[6]; 7. 96-Matt Koch[8]; 8. 2S-Kevin Smith[9]; 9. 5R-Scott Rhoades[7]; 10. 111-Jon Woods[10]

Twisted Tech Qualifying Qualifying A: 1. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:12.333[6]; 2. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 00:12.589[9]; 3. 4-Chris Simpson, 00:12.660[31]; 4. 9J-Jayme Zidar, 00:12.701[10]; 5. 71K-Jim Rogers, 00:12.751[2]; 6. 4W-Ryan Wilson, 00:12.782[22]; 7. 91-Rusty Schlenk, 00:12.798[17]; 8. 11G-Gordy Gundaker, 00:12.799[21]; 9. 4G-Bob Gardner, 00:12.829[1]; 10. 05B-Josh Boller, 00:12.855[33]; 11. 4S-Ryan Montgomery, 00:12.926[27]; 12. 45-Kyle Hammer, 00:12.938[24]; 13. J12-Jason Wagner, 00:13.059[32]; 14. 45B-Scott Bell, 00:13.069[23]; 15. 7Z-Chad Zobrist, 00:13.069[18]; 16. 0D-Dewayne Kiefer, 00:13.077[25]; 17. 5X-Brian Wolfmeier, 00:13.103[15]; 18. 187-David McCoy, 00:13.158[11]; 19. 45S-Colt Smith, 00:13.191[8]; 20. 75A-Daniel Adam, 00:13.202[16]; 21. 57-Blake Higginbotham, 00:13.213[3]; 22. 14W-Quentin White, 00:13.224[12]; 23. 2K-Patrick Kelley, 00:13.292[29]; 24. E11-Matthew Tribble, 00:13.326[19]; 25. 11E-Adam Elliott, 00:13.390[7]; 26. 28-Jeff Neubert, 00:13.398[20]; 27. T22-Tegan Evans, 00:13.472[14]; 28. 20W-Justin White, 00:13.483[26]; 29. 11C-Rachel Carpenter, 00:13.487[13]; 30. 21K-Jacob Kolwyck, 00:13.554[28]; 31. 16-Brandon Tibaldi, 00:13.641[30]; 32. 14JR-Michael King Jr[4]; 33. (DNS) B17-Timothy Welch II

Twisted Tech Qualifying Qualifying B: 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:12.586[15]; 2. 96V-Tanner English, 00:12.689[6]; 3. 25-Jason Feger, 00:12.719[31]; 4. 24C-Tanner Collins, 00:12.804[3]; 5. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:12.866[14]; 6. 18-Shannon Babb, 00:12.877[16]; 7. 0K-Freddie Carpenter, 00:13.025[4]; 8. USA1-Kylan Garner, 00:13.040[19]; 9. 10-Jacob Magee, 00:13.121[10]; 10. 2B-Jordan Barbee, 00:13.133[8]; 11. 34W-James Walters, 00:13.176[20]; 12. 28M-Jake Miller, 00:13.192[2]; 13. 18C-Chris Carpenter, 00:13.251[21]; 14. 18L-Jeffrey Ledford, 00:13.270[30]; 15. 27D-Joe Denby, 00:13.293[27]; 16. 51-Steve Fairbanks, 00:13.324[29]; 17. 4D-Doug Tye, 00:13.349[28]; 18. 1B-Josh Baker, 00:13.451[1]; 19. 260-Erik Thorne, 00:13.489[7]; 20. 18B-Chase Burda, 00:13.494[12]; 21. 5R-Scott Rhoades, 00:13.533[5]; 22. 34-Kyle Wiser, 00:13.570[13]; 23. 28JS-Jeffrey Shackelford, 00:13.637[32]; 24. 96-Matt Koch, 00:13.694[24]; 25. 711-Morgan Alexander, 00:13.701[18]; 26. 32P-Preston Farmer, 00:13.705[17]; 27. 2S-Kevin Smith, 00:13.708[26]; 28. B89-Dakota Smith, 00:13.740[22]; 29. 15F-Chris Fetter, 00:13.944[9]; 30. 111-Jon Woods, 00:14.535[25]; 31. 51S-WL Stile, 00:14.596[11]; 32. 13-Brayton Laster, 00:15.777[23]

Dirt Draft Hot Laps 1: 1. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 00:11.643[9]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:11.722[6]; 3. 71K-Jim Rogers, 00:11.763[2]; 4. 9J-Jayme Zidar, 00:11.835[10]; 5. 4G-Bob Gardner, 00:11.865[1]; 6. 7Z-Chad Zobrist, 00:11.906[18]; 7. 187-David McCoy, 00:11.915[11]; 8. 11G-Gordy Gundaker, 00:11.922[21]; 9. 91-Rusty Schlenk, 00:12.017[17]; 10. 4W-Ryan Wilson, 00:12.020[22]; 11. 75A-Daniel Adam, 00:12.039[16]; 12. 14W-Quentin White, 00:12.051[12]; 13. 5X-Brian Wolfmeier, 00:12.058[15]; 14. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:12.097[47]; 15. 57-Blake Higginbotham, 00:12.101[3]; 16. 11C-Rachel Carpenter, 00:12.146[13]; 17. 14JR-Michael King Jr, 00:12.148[4]; 18. T22-Tegan Evans, 00:12.189[14]; 19. 4S-Ryan Montgomery, 00:12.203[27]; 20. 96V-Tanner English, 00:12.234[39]; 21. 45S-Colt Smith, 00:12.235[8]; 22. 11E-Adam Elliott, 00:12.244[7]; 23. 25-Jason Feger, 00:12.277[64]; 24. 0D-Dewayne Kiefer, 00:12.280[25]; 25. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:12.288[48]; 26. 28-Jeff Neubert, 00:12.337[20]; 27. 45B-Scott Bell, 00:12.348[23]; 28. 20W-Justin White, 00:12.360[26]; 29. 0K-Freddie Carpenter, 00:12.365[37]; 30. J12-Jason Wagner, 00:12.376[32]; 31. 05B-Josh Boller, 00:12.379[33]; 32. 18-Shannon Babb, 00:12.391[49]; 33. 10-Jacob Magee, 00:12.493[43]; 34. 24C-Tanner Collins, 00:12.516[36]; 35. 21K-Jacob Kolwyck, 00:12.517[28]; 36. 34W-James Walters, 00:12.519[53]; 37. 28M-Jake Miller, 00:12.531[35]; 38. 16-Brandon Tibaldi, 00:12.578[30]; 39. 2B-Jordan Barbee, 00:12.598[41]; 40. 4-Chris Simpson, 00:12.609[31]; 41. 18C-Chris Carpenter, 00:12.657[54]; 42. 711-Morgan Alexander, 00:12.694[51]; 43. 18L-Jeffrey Ledford, 00:12.718[63]; 44. 2K-Patrick Kelley, 00:12.845[29]; 45. E11-Matthew Tribble, 00:12.849[19]; 46. 32P-Preston Farmer, 00:12.867[50]; 47. 18B-Chase Burda, 00:12.881[45]; 48. 51-Steve Fairbanks, 00:12.922[62]; 49. 4D-Doug Tye, 00:12.931[61]; 50. USA1-Kylan Garner, 00:12.981[52]; 51. 260-Erik Thorne, 00:13.000[40]; 52. B89-Dakota Smith, 00:13.053[55]; 53. 5R-Scott Rhoades, 00:13.097[38]; 54. 27D-Joe Denby, 00:13.158[60]; 55. 15F-Chris Fetter, 00:13.249[42]; 56. 2S-Kevin Smith, 00:13.314[59]; 57. 51S-WL Stile, 00:13.317[44]; 58. 96-Matt Koch, 00:13.348[57]; 59. 111-Jon Woods, 00:13.419[58]; 60. 28JS-Jeffrey Shackelford, 00:13.490[65]; 61. 13-Brayton Laster, 00:13.553[56]; 62. B17-Timothy Welch II, 00:13.846[5]; 63. 1B-Josh Baker, 00:14.158[34]; 64. 45-Kyle Hammer[24]; 65. 34-Kyle Wiser[46]